• Victor Vincente-Chavez, 22, drowned while swimming with friends at the Broad River Greenway near Boiling Springs, NC. • His body was recovered on August 2nd, after disappearing underwater the previous day around noon. • This incident follows the drowning of a 10-year-old girl in 2024, prompting the installation of life jacket loaner stations in the area.

The identity of a man who drowned at the Broad River Greenway near Boiling Springs on Aug. 1 has been released.

Victor Vincente-Chavez, 22, was swimming with friends when he went under the water and didn't resurface, said Kim Duren, executive director of the Broad River Greenway. The Gastonia resident disappeared shortly before noon on Friday and crews with Boiling Spring Fire & Rescue and other agencies began searching shortly aft

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